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Arts Council England, South West has appointed PHIL GIBBY as its Director. He is currently Director of Development and Communications at Welsh National Opera.

ANTHONY BOWNE and DEREK AVISS, who have been Joint Principals of Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance for the past five years, have redefined their roles: Browne will be sole Principal and Accounting Officer from September, while Aviss will be Executive Director. Current Deputy Director of Laban MIRELLA BARTRIP will become Director of Dance.

Lighthouse has appointed artist and curator HONOR HARGER as its new Director from March.

Arts Inform has a new Director, CATHERINE SUTTON, following the death of FRANCES MORRELL in January. Sutton has been Acting Director since October, and previously worked for English National Opera where she was Head of ENO Baylis, the Learning and Participation Department.

The Academy of Ancient Music has appointed MICHAEL GARVEY, currently General Manager of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, as Chief Executive.

The Lyric Theatre has a new Head of Marketing and Communications, JOY BOND. She previously worked for Belfast Zoo.

The Royal Spa Centre has appointed ANTONY FLINT as its new General Manager. He was previously Director of External Affairs at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. JO LEWIS, who is from a commercial background, has also joined the organisation as Marketing Officer.

SHEILA MCGREGOR has taken over from TIMANDRA GUSTAFSON as Chief Executive of Axis, an online resource for contemporary art.

ANDREW BURTON will become Creative Programme Manager at the Writers’ Centre Norwich, on leaving his post as Head of Marketing at The New Wolsey Theatre.

Birmingham Hippodrome has made two appointments: TRACY MARSH is now Head of Development and SARAH ALLEN (left) is Creative Programme Manager.

CHARLOTTE HANDEL, formerly Marketing manager at the Lyric Hammersmith, is to take up a new post at Theatre Royal Stratford East, as Head of Open Stage.

The Royal Northern College of Music has awarded GERGELY MADARAS the two-year position of Leverhulme Junior Fellow in Conducting. He is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and will start his new post in September.

Arts and Theatres Trust Fife has appointed TARAS YOUNG to the new post of Communications and Digital Media Officer. Following the closure for refurbishment of the Trust’s Lochgelly Centre, its staff have moved to other venues run by the Trust. EVAN HENDERSON, formerly Theatre Manager at Carnegie Hall, is now working on a strategic programming project for the Trust, and Lochgelly Centre Manager VERDI CLARK has taken his place. Creative Development Officer BABS MCCOOL will leave the organisation at the end of February to work with PACE, the Edinburgh based public art commissioning agency, and arts company Red Field.

OOPS! In AP209 we stated that Arts Council England, North East had three new staff members. They are actually at Arts Council England, Yorkshire.